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I limit myself to two cups a day, occasionally I get the chance to swing by my favorite Turkish cafe and get a cafe mocha, which I will now make sure happens tomorrow. I don't know why but I pretty much quit soda about 10 years ago and now have one a week, on average. I don't miss it at all.

Shit Al, that doesn't sound like fun. Next time call, I travel light.

Are they a lovely bunch?

Don't let the door hit you...

He's been reduced to one post, if he fails to improve on that one remaining piece of rubbish I think we've done all we can for him.

Woke up, made pancakes. Played with Lily outside for a while, then did some minor grocery shopping and a little bit of amp building. Took a bike ride this afternoon that felt moderately good and then played with Lily some more. Time to start cooking dinner.

Your title says unregulated, the text says regulated, to my untrained eye the schematic appears to show an unregulated supply but I wouldn't swear to it.

Lily's donation is in!

Kevin can wait to supply other answers until he's allowed to post here again.

Threads merged, you can now share credit.

I have the small Makita, it's been great although if you have any desire to run tools it won't do it well. I would add that it didn't come with any accessories of any kind, I picked up a cheap pack from Lowes that had everything I needed and I haven't bought anything else in the 3+ years I've owned it.

I wouldn't want anything with a capacitive touch display for use at the gym and I really don't like the lack of lock function so that you can't inadvertently bump the sleep/wake button.

Anodizing is likely to be a $100+ expense unless you can piggyback on a much larger order. I'd give some thought to trying to find a local powder coat shop and see what they'd charge. I think that'd made a sweet finish for a top panel like that. Otherwise break out the rattle can and be sure to use an appropriate primer/etcher for the aluminum.

So many snarky comments, so little time. No way to play external media makes the aTV worthless to me. Great, you made it super small and sleek and missed the boat on, you know, about half of what a media device should be. I know, I know, buy a mac mini too, eff that, my PS3 does just fine thanks and can still handle the occasional spinning disc.

I think that Mike would have eventually found that out.

Oh man, color me jealous. I miss my S4, despite it being a huge pain in the ass and have often thought about aa newer, better example.

Good lord, Frank, that's just beautiful.

Paid the wife's car off today, a little over a year ahead of schedule. I'm hoping it's got a good 4 years left in it given that it's only 4 years old and has less than 60k on it. If this one gets killed by a hail storm, as the last one did within 6 months of paying it off, I may go mental.

I know it's not great but it's a raise and that's not something to sneeze at these days. I noticed a pretty discomforting trend during my recent change of employment. When I would tell someone that my last day at work was going to be X about 90% of people assumed that I had been laid off and that I'd subsequently be unemployed. When I would tell them that I had elected to make the change and already had a new job lined up most were shocked. Three years ago I didn't know anyone looking for a job, today I know several who have been out of work for more than 6 months and more than a couple who are nearing the two year mark. Good luck Dan!

A handcuffed one, sure. If it does what you want a computer to do then it is a terrific device, but my experience with it and other apple products are that you have to be careful about researching your use case vs. what they assume your use case will be. Flexibility is not its strength, in my opinion.

iPad != computer

Yup. Nope.

There are a few listed for sale on HF right now worth looking at, specifically someone has a 7236 for ~$40 which is a pretty reasonable price IMO.

Steve, Awesome.

Halt Birthday Jack!